In order to have good Mental Health, a person truly needs to follow the laws of health, especially Diet, Rest, Water, Sunshine, Exercise, Trust in God, etc.
Now, here are some of the laws of the mind per the SOP:
#1. “It is a law of the mind that it will narrow or expand to the dimension of the thing which it becomes familiar.” (MCP 417)
***Your mind will either narrow or expand based upon the things that you become familiar with...Name a thing or two that can make the mind narrow and might decrease your learning ability...the Bible is one of the greatest expanders of the mind.
***Whenever helping people with mental disorders try to get them to start reading the scriptures even if it's just a Proverb a day.
#2. “God designed that men shall not decide from impulse, but from weight of evidence.” (MCP 417)
Reasoning out things exercises the mind...Don't always make impulsive decisions…think things through before giving an answer or before coming to a conclusion without weighing out the evidences.
#3. “It is a law of nature that our thoughts and feelings are encouraged and strengthened as we give them utterance.” (MCP 419-420)
If we have a thought in our mind or a feeling in our heart and we speak it, we strengthen those feelings by speaking them...This can be true of the positive things as well. LIFE AND DEATH ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE
“While words express thoughts it is often true that thoughts follow words”…THIS IS PART OF THE SAME QUOTE (MCP 419-420 )
#4. “It is an important law of the mind, that when a desired object is so firmly denied as to remove all hope, the mind will soon cease to long for it and will be occupied in other pursuits. But as long as there is any hope of gaining the desired object, an effort will be made to obtain it.” (MCP 419)..
If you are trying to teach someone, such as a child to not desire a certain item, take away all hope of them getting it...if you don't want them whining for the cookies, remove the cookies from the home or the candy...Don't give in to their whining. For adults, it can be taking the cigarettes out of the house and ash trays, etc.
#5. “The consciousness of right doing is the best medicine for diseased bodies and minds.” (1T 502)
***These people do not have to deal with the guilt.
#1. “It is a law of the mind that it will narrow or expand to the dimension of the thing which it becomes familiar.” (MCP 417)
***Your mind will either narrow or expand based upon the things that you become familiar with...Name a thing or two that can make the mind narrow and might decrease your learning ability...the Bible is one of the greatest expanders of the mind.
***Whenever helping people with mental disorders try to get them to start reading the scriptures even if it's just a Proverb a day.
#2. “God designed that men shall not decide from impulse, but from weight of evidence.” (MCP 417)
Reasoning out things exercises the mind...Don't always make impulsive decisions…think things through before giving an answer or before coming to a conclusion without weighing out the evidences.
#3. “It is a law of nature that our thoughts and feelings are encouraged and strengthened as we give them utterance.” (MCP 419-420)
If we have a thought in our mind or a feeling in our heart and we speak it, we strengthen those feelings by speaking them...This can be true of the positive things as well. LIFE AND DEATH ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE
“While words express thoughts it is often true that thoughts follow words”…THIS IS PART OF THE SAME QUOTE (MCP 419-420 )
#4. “It is an important law of the mind, that when a desired object is so firmly denied as to remove all hope, the mind will soon cease to long for it and will be occupied in other pursuits. But as long as there is any hope of gaining the desired object, an effort will be made to obtain it.” (MCP 419)..
If you are trying to teach someone, such as a child to not desire a certain item, take away all hope of them getting it...if you don't want them whining for the cookies, remove the cookies from the home or the candy...Don't give in to their whining. For adults, it can be taking the cigarettes out of the house and ash trays, etc.
#5. “The consciousness of right doing is the best medicine for diseased bodies and minds.” (1T 502)
***These people do not have to deal with the guilt.
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
Isaiah 58:6 – Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
58:7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
SHE SAYS: “The True principles of Psychology are found in the scriptures.” (MCP 10)
***Just a couple of years ago, the American Psychological Association in their book called THE MONITOR found that people who provide support to others, whether it be a spouse, relative, friend, etc. live 5 years longer.
BY THE WAY, “Exercise in the open air should be prescribed as a life giving necessity. And for such exercises, there is nothing better than the cultivation of the soil. Let patients have flower beds to care for, or work to do in an orchard or vegetable garden” (MH 266-267)
***Gardening is excellent for the mind and it helps take their mind off of themselves..
#6. “Idleness weakens brain power.” (MCP) The reason the youth have so little strength of brain and muscle is because they do little in the line of useful labor. ***Read MCP 2, PG. 603.2
Youth are not useful in labor as they used to be and we wonder why our youth are getting into so much trouble
#7. “Irregular hours of eating and sleeping saps the brain forces.” {2MCP 388.1}
#8. “Let the will be kept awake and rightly directed and it will impart energy to the whole being and will be a wonderful aid in the maintenance of health.” (MH 244-246)..
Do you know she also says that the will goes with the labor of the hand…in other words, the more we work and do something, the stronger our will becomes.
***Many people have strong wills or weak wills because they are or are not exercising the will properly.
You know one way to exercise the will...every day do something that you don't like...research has shown when you do this, this will increase your will.
Q: WHY DO YOU THINK THAT HAPPENS?
A: Seeing what you have accomplished will motivate you to do more...
Let everybody be subject to the higher powers...it helps with discipline.
#9. “They should discipline their minds to be retentive.” (MCP 241)
Q: HOW CAN THIS BE DONE?
A: By memorizing scripture
***We need to discipline our minds to be able to retain information because “Forgetfulness is sin.”
***Stay away from white sugar if you are dealing with mental illness...white sugar is one atom away from cocaine. http://www.hcgfatloss.com/wordpress/?p=370
White sugar shuts down the functioning of the frontal lobe and remember the prophet of the Lord says that sugar is more injurious than meat. It's a malignant poison and it becomes alcohol when milk is added to it.
***Another thing to stay away from is “refined products”...anything refined has the B Vitamins pulled from it...and remember that the B Vitamins are very important for the brain.
***Disease can lead to depression. (2MCP 484.2)
NATURAL WAYS TO TREAT DEPRESSION:
***Another thing to stay away from is “refined products”...anything refined has the B Vitamins pulled from it...and remember that the B Vitamins are very important for the brain.
***Disease can lead to depression. (2MCP 484.2)
NATURAL WAYS TO TREAT DEPRESSION:
1. Hydrotherapy:
One of the main hydrotherapy Tx. for depression is the contrast shower. Hot and cold. 3 minutes hot, 30 seconds to 1 minute cold, 3 times rotating from hot to cold. (Do for 6 months, then here and there.)
***And that particular treatment raises certain Neurochemicals in the brain: Serotonin, Dopamine and Nor-Epinephrine...All of these are implicated in Depression. And the medications that are out there will. And it's especially helpful for depression
2. Mild dehydration can cause depression, so be certain to stress the importance of proper hydration.
3. Sunshine is important, especially if you are trying to resent the body clock. If you have problems going to sleep, be sure to get your sunshine around 9:00 am in the morning...if you have problems staying asleep, you want to get sunshine in the late afternoon,about 4 or 5
One of the main hydrotherapy Tx. for depression is the contrast shower. Hot and cold. 3 minutes hot, 30 seconds to 1 minute cold, 3 times rotating from hot to cold. (Do for 6 months, then here and there.)
***And that particular treatment raises certain Neurochemicals in the brain: Serotonin, Dopamine and Nor-Epinephrine...All of these are implicated in Depression. And the medications that are out there will. And it's especially helpful for depression
2. Mild dehydration can cause depression, so be certain to stress the importance of proper hydration.
3. Sunshine is important, especially if you are trying to resent the body clock. If you have problems going to sleep, be sure to get your sunshine around 9:00 am in the morning...if you have problems staying asleep, you want to get sunshine in the late afternoon,about 4 or 5
o'clock...and if you have problems with both, do both (But don't forget we are counseled to exercise/walk in the morning hours)...this helps especially those people who have a disrupted circadian rhythm which can be caused by shift work, or not eating regularly or not going to bed and awaking regularly...
Q: SUNSHINE IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR WHAT PARTICULAR HORMONE/VITAMIN ...
A: VITAMIN D levels are crucial for treating depression...remember, greater than 50...and the test to check is a 25 hydroxy.
For People with very low levels of Vitamin D and have MS, they say 10,000 IU's a day is beneficial...but this is for a short duration and then have the levels rechecked.
Sunshine, when you get it during the day, it produces serotonin, at night it produces melatonin, so you are getting double benefits when you get the sunshine...sunshine is very very key....when you meet people with fatigue or other types of symptoms like that, tell them to go get their vitamin d levels checked...
4. Sleep:
The best time to get to bed is at least 2 hours before midnight, but everything should be out by 9:00...2 hours before midnight is worth more than 4 after midnight...proper sleep helps with the growth hormones as well as the serotonin and melatonin levels.
***A lot of the restorative work of the brain, a lot of it, the major portion of it takes place between 10 to 12...science is showing this now.
***More and more teenagers today are getting depressed because they are not getting enough sleep...They are either on the computer, texting or chatting at the hours they should be sleeping.
5. Proper breathing is very important for treating depression.
***This is a thing that helps a lot of people dealing with anxiety attacks...They hyperventilate...as soon as they start to feel that come on, they should start the deep breathing exercises. Be sure to have them keep their windows open when sleeping at night.
Q: Who got depressed in the Bible?
A: Elijah
Q: Why?
A. “However courageous and successful a man may be, unless he looks CONSTANTLY TO GOD WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE TO TEST HIS FAITH, HE WILL LOSE HIS COURAGE.
Right after Elijah conquered those 850 false prophets, we next see him depressed.
***More and more teenagers today are getting depressed because they are not getting enough sleep...They are either on the computer, texting or chatting at the hours they should be sleeping.
5. Proper breathing is very important for treating depression.
***This is a thing that helps a lot of people dealing with anxiety attacks...They hyperventilate...as soon as they start to feel that come on, they should start the deep breathing exercises. Be sure to have them keep their windows open when sleeping at night.
Q: Who got depressed in the Bible?
A: Elijah
Q: Why?
A. “However courageous and successful a man may be, unless he looks CONSTANTLY TO GOD WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE TO TEST HIS FAITH, HE WILL LOSE HIS COURAGE.
Right after Elijah conquered those 850 false prophets, we next see him depressed.
Why?
Because we can get so puffed up and then take our eyes off of Jesus.
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